Background

Mr. Louis J. Volpe, also known as Lou, serves as a Managing General Partner and Director at Kodiak Venture Partners. Mr. Volpe joined Kodiak Venture Partners in November 2000. He leads its investment efforts in software and core technology areas. Mr. Volpe focuses on new and unique software products and technologies that are disruptive and provide quick ROI to customers. He has over 25 years of technology industry experience. As an operating executive, Mr. Volpe’s career ... includes many successful IPO’s and acquisitions. Previously, he served as the President and Chief Operating Officer of ArrowPoint Communications, Inc. since November 1999, where Mr. Volpe was responsible for all of ArrowPoint's functional organizations and focused on rapidly growing its worldwide operations. Under Mr. Volpe’s direction, ArrowPoint had a successful initial public offering in March 2000 and was acquired by Cisco Systems in June 2000. He served as a Senior Vice President of Worldwide Sales and Marketing at GeoTel Communications Corporation from May 1996 to June 1999. Mr. Volpe joined GeoTel early in its developmental stage and was a major contributor in building its worldwide sales and marketing presence and was also instrumental in guiding GeoTel through its initial public offering and eventual acquisition by Cisco Systems. From February 1995 to April 1996, he also served as a Vice President of Marketing at GeoTel Communications. Mr. Volpe served as a Senior Vice President of Marketing and Operations of Parametric Technology Corporation from May 1993 to January 1995, during which Parametric experienced rapid growth and a successful initial public offering and a Vice President of Marketing and Operations from September 1989 to May 1993. Prior to Parametric, he was an executive at Prime Computer. Mr. Volpe serves as the Chairman of RulesPower and IMlogic Inc. He has been a Director of Egenera, Inc. since October 2000 and Bentley Kinetics since October 24, 2005. Mr. Volpe serves as a Director of Airwide Solutions, Azimuth Systems, SpaceClaim, HighRoads, CXO Systems, GTESS Corporation, Paceline Systems, SpaceClaim Corporation and IE-Engine. He served as a Director of ChannelAdvisor Corporation from 2008 to May 9, 2014. He has served as a Director of Pure Atria Corporation since August 1996. Mr. Volpe was a Director of Atria Software, Inc., from March 1993 to August 1996 and Softdesk. He served as a Director of GeoTel Communications Corporation from April 1998 to June 1999, and ArrowPoint Communications, Inc. since November 1999. He served as a Director of SentitO Networks. Mr. Volpe is an Advisor to both Tufts University's Entrepreneurial Leadership Center and on the Dean's Advisory Board for the School of Management at as Boston University. In 2008, Boston University awarded him the Henry Morgan Award for outstanding contribution to the Institute for Technology and Entrepreneurship and Commercialization. Mr. Volpe is a former member of the Board of Trustee's at the New England Aquarium. He holds a B.A. in Economics from Tufts University and an M.B.A. from Boston University.

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